The BANKING AND CURRENCY MUSEUM at Kadina was established by

Mick Vort-Ronald 9.12.1988 and closed 19.12.2008, premises and collections sold.

Now "retired" and a monthly contributor to Australasian Coin & Banknote magazine, and

Fellow and Treasurer, Numismatic Society of S.A.

Life Member and ex-president 11 times Adelaide Gem and Mineral Club Inc,

President 6 years Mineralogical Society of S.A.

Past president 19 years, Honorary Life Member, Yorke Peninsula Collectables Club,

Member Sydney, Honorary Member, Melbourne, International Banknote Society.

September 2017, inducted into the International Bank Note Society Hall of Fame USA.

Member, Australasian Mining History Association, and the S.A. Police Historical Society

AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTE BOOKS web page updated January 2018

Michael P. (Mick) Vort-Ronald publications.

1 Banks of Issue in Australia, private banknotes issued by banks 1817 to 1910 and

superscribed banknotes 1910-1914, up to 1983, plus the histories of the banks that

issued them, 331 pages. THE reference used in all auction catalogues in Australia

and overseas for early Australian notes, soft cover sold, hard cover $40, post $15.

2 Australian Banknotes 2nd. edition Pre-decimal notes, concentrating on

Australian notes from 1913 to 1966, 344 pages. Soft cover $20, hard cover $35,

leather-look un-numbered special cover, $45, post each $15.

3 Australian Decimal Banknotes, paper issues. Decimal separated to include

all paper issues and introduction to polymer notes. Unissued designs illustrated, all

serial number and production details, errors, specimen notes. Described by Greg

McDonald (Coin & Banknote Catalogue) as the best book ever written about

Australian banknotes. 416 pages, lots of illustrations, soft $39, hard $49, post $15.

Any 2 books will fit into the same 3kg. Australia Post red satchel for $15 postage or any 3

books in a 5 kg satchel for $18 post. All books printed on quality paper, hundreds of

illustrations, including how, when and why printed and original scenes illustrated and

described. Serial numbering, totals printed, dates of issue and press releases, and more.

THE 3 Australian banknote collectors “Bibles”.

NEW January 2017 limited edition VORT-RONALD PUBLICATIONS

Australian Colonial Currency and Promissory Notes 3rd ed., 140 pp. $39, post $5.

Australian Private Banknotes 1817-1910 – sales, 2nd edition, 280 pp, $60, post

$16, first edition (Private Pedigrees) half price if purchased at the same time, $25.

Australian Specimen Banknotes 3rd edition, 166 pp. $45, post $16.

Australian Banknote Sales 2017, (Volume 13) 106 pp. $30, post $5.

Banks of Issue in Australia (soft cover) has sold out. Less than 20 hard covers remain, now

$40, plus $15 post. Hardcover Decimal Banknotes, Paper Issues is also nearly sold out.

Coming in April 2018, Vort-Ronald in CAB magazine volume 2, 2015-2018.

AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTE SALES

Listings of virtually all scarcer banknotes sold in auctions or offered by dealers by serial

number, grade and hammer or asking prices. The first Pedigrees with 508 pages lists all

notes seen from 1972-2004. Then annual updates are issued around January of each year.

Australian Banknote Pedigrees (1972-2004) 508 pages $69, hard $89, post $16.

Yearly banknote sales 2005 $23 posted. 2006, 2007 $28 each posted.

2010 to 2015 each $32 posted. Australian Coin Review Index, $21 posted.

Australian Banknote Sales from 2005-2014 consolidating 10 annual updates into two

volumes as Australian Banknote Pedigrees, Second edition.

Volume 1, 5/- to ₤1,000, 410pp $75, Vol 2 Decimal, 188 pp $42,

post $15 each or post $17 if posted together.

Cheques of the World, 1,300 illustrated from 122 countries, 220 pages, $48, post $15.

Cheques of the U.S.A. over 800 illustrated, another 565 listed. 166 pages, $40, post $15.

Both books posted together $17 post for the two.

Left. Gammon Ranges 1959, scout hikes by author aged 15 yrs, 100 pp. $25, post $5.

Right. Records of all private bank notes superscribed by the Australian Government

from 1910-1914 seen in auctions, and records of notes in museums and the RBA.

Extracted and updated from Banks of Issue in Australia in 2008, soft cover $28 posted.

AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTE ERRORS COIN & BANKNOTE VALUES

Left. Virtually every banknote error in auctions Right. Latest Renniks catalogue with

from 1975 to 2012, profusely illustrated, values of all coins and notes.

200 pages, soft cover, $44 & $15 post. $35 soft cover, post $15

Author of the main part of the banknote section of Renniks catalogue for the last 20 years.

Multiple books posted at the same time to same address can mean less postage costs.

1. Moneyboxes from banks, Building societies and credit unions from Australia and

overseas with histories of the various Australian companies, 350 pages, $30, post $15.

2. Police Gazette Extracts (orders and notices S.A.) 1888-1892, 112 pages $20, post $5.

3. Angaston’s First Cemetery 1847-1869. 2nd ed. Barossa Valley S.A., 221 people

buried in the town’s first cemetery. Copy of all burial records, trustees minutes,

indexes, newspapers, letters, plan. 84 pages, $24 plus $5 post. Published 2013.

4. Barossa Valley Crime & Punishment 1855-1970. 2nd ed. All S.A. police arrest

and felony records for Angaston & Truro police stations transcribed 1878-1901, and

history of police, courts and police stations at Angaston, Truro, Tanunda, Nuriootpa,

Greenock and Lyndoch 1855-1971. 210 pages. $45, postage $15. Nearly sold out.

Swan Reach Police 1908-2013. Palmer & Mannum Police Stations from 1871

76 pages, $24, post $5. 100 pages, $25, post $5.

SA Police Station Personnel 1876-1923. Whyalla and Iron Knob Police

146 pages, $36, post $5 Stations, 148 pages, $36 post $5.

Lists of all police officers in all

country towns in S.A. 1876-1923.

Arrivals, departures, destinations.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANK BRANCH HISTORIES

History and pictures of all branches of all banks in SA,

past and present up to 2008 with names of first managers,

and when opened and closed.

(Vol. 1) Bank of Adelaide,

(2) ES&A Bank & cheques,

(3) Union & Australasia & ANZ,

(4) Bank NSW & CBA,

(5) National/CBC sold out.

(6) Commonwealth Bank,

(8) Miscellaneous banks & towns index 124 pages;

all $25 each, plus $5 post ea.

(7) Savings & State Bank (184 pages) $35 post $15.

AUSTRALIAN SHINPLASTER S.A. PROMISSORY NOTES

& CALABASH NOTES 1906-1974 “time to pay cheques”

First edition 104 pages, $22 posted. 88 pages, $24, post $5.

Second edition 132 pages, $32 posted. Published 2015.

Left, Lyndelle’s Poems – a lifetime of poems and reminiscences from my wife,

136 pp, $25, post $5.

Right, Michael P. Vort-Ronald Bibliography. 100 pages, $25, post $5.

CORNISH FESTIVAL MEDALLIONS BANKING & CURRENCY MUSEUM

Left. Medallions for Flinders & Baudin 2002 designed by Mick Vort-Ronald, and

medallions produced every 2 years from 1975 to 2009 by Northern Yorke Peninsula Coin

Club / Yorke Peninsula Collectables Club (the last 10 designed by him) 120 pages. Right.

History of the museum from 1988-2008, 112 pages. Each $30 posted.

VORT-RONALD COLLECTIONS. MISCELLANEOUS & POLITICAL NOTES

Left. 1988 & 2009 collections studied with extra pictures not in 1988 catalogue, collection

later worth $9 million. Right. Australian Miscellaneous and Political Propaganda Notes,

issued February 2013. Each book 150pp. Each book $42 posted.

Left. Mineral collecting articles in the Adelaide Gem & Mineral Club's magazine

"Fossicker" by MVR 1963-2009, 316 pages, $40, post $15. Right. Chinese Embers,

adventures of the South Australian wife of a French banker in China in the 1920s with

illustrations and cartoons, edited and published by me as the grandson of Eva Dower’s

sister. 88 A5 pages $8, $3 post. This book particularly appeals to women.

NOTE PRINTING AUSTRALIA issues Vort-Ronald articles in CAB

Published 2014. 116 pages, $30, post $5. Celebrating 40 years of writing for

Australian Coin Review and CAB

Articles Feb 2012 to April 2015.

148 pages, $36, post $5.

Interleaves for Vario banknote albums fully illustrated and printed on quality 200 gsm.

polished art paper for inserting between existing clear banknote pages. Pre-decimal 10/- to

£1,000, $64, post $15. Paper decimal notes $54 & $15p. COMPLETE VARIO ALBUMS

with clear pages, interleaves, slipcases assembled for Pre-decimal OR decimal, $240 each

posted. Clear pages $1.50 ea, new deeper D ring album cover & slipcase $69, post $15.

Printed interleaves have information about the note on the left side page

and a picture of the applicable note on the other side e.g. as below

Interleaves for Vario banknote albums fully illustrated and printed on quality 200 gsm.

polished art paper for inserting between existing clear banknote pages. These will illustrate

and explain what you have and show you what you are missing. 1. Specialist (for notes

from Note Printing Australia folders & portfolios) $40 & $15. Polymer notes; First and last

prefixes for each design; 4. Uncut vertical pairs; & Superscribed; all $20 & $5 post each.

N.P.A. Annually dated notes red and black serials ex folders $25 & $5 post

HAY INTERNMENT CAMP NOTES & WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

Released September 2014, 116 pages $30, post $5.

CONTENTS

4 Glossary and Disclaimer. 5 Hay Internment Camp Notes

12 Designer, George Teltscher 13 Names in the sheep

16, 67 Banning the notes 23 Hay Camp with Faith, T. James

36 Censored camp letters 38 One penny

40 Three pence 41 Note trials

45 Riverine Grazier 46 Six pence

54 One shilling 59 Two shillings

65 Five shillings 67 Notes illegal

68 Canteen coupons 70 Notes and chits of Camp 8

73 War Savings Cert. WW1 83, 103 Savings stamps

85 War Savings Cert. WW2 107 Treasury Bonds

109 Canteen orders 112 Postal notes

113 Japanese invasion money 115 Publications, author

Over 300 Hay notes recorded

High value WW1 War Savings Certificates illustrated for the first time.

Published September 2014.

FAMILY HISTORY, Left - Joseph Phillips arrived 1865, 2nd. ed. 150 pages, $26 plus $5

post. Right, Andrew Hoskins arrived 1840 and his 10 surviving children, includes Gilbert,

Dobinson and Lewis families. 350 pages, 950 pictures, reduced to $20, plus $15 post.

2015 2nd editions in 5 separate volumes for children born 1850s, $30-$35 each and post

each $5 for Caleb, James, Frederick, Mary Ann Dobinson, George and Bertha.

PAYMENT to M.P. Vort-Ronald at P.O. Box 653 Willaston S.A. 5118 by cheque, money

order or cash or by EFT via (ANZ) 015590 580785528, (a/c M.P. Vort-Ronald). Postage

costs subject to any future AP changes. Enquiries ph. (08) 8522 4490, mobile 0417 212 906

email vortronald@yp-connect.net Web page www.yp-connect.net/~vortronald

Banking and Currency Museum, 3 Graves St., Kadina S.A. 9.12.1988 to 19.12.2008.

AUTHOR: Michael P. (Mick) Vort-Ronald was born in Adelaide in 1943. As a teenager he collected

minerals, stamps and coins, and was a Queen’s Scout. At the age of 16 years and two weeks he joined the

South Australian Police Force and graduated in 1963. As a uniformed officer he was stationed at Adelaide,

Whyalla, Angaston, Nuriootpa, Swan Reach, Port Pirie, Whyalla and Mannum - the last two towns as a

sergeant for nine years.

At the age of 18 years he joined the Adelaide Gem and Mineral Club and was given Life Membership in 2012

for 50 years continuous membership. He was president of the club 11 times and was editor of its magazine

“The Fossicker”. He was president of Yorke Peninsula Gem and Mineral Club four times and was president

of the Mineralogical Society of South Australia five times and 2017-18. Most of his original gem and mineral

collection was sold to help finance his first book in 1979, but a new larger collection of gems, minerals, fossils

and meteorites was displayed in his museum until it closed on 19.12.2008. He still collects minerals and is a

member of the Australasian Mining History Assoc. and the SA Police Historical Society.

As a specialist on Australian banknotes he wrote for the Australian Coin Review from 1975 and became its

final editor from 1999 to 2001. He now writes monthly for the Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine. His

Australian Coin Review Index was published by the Numismatic Society of S.A. in 2002. From 1976 he has

part-authored the banknote sections of Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Guides. He has written and self-

published many reference books on Australian banknotes; Australian Banknotes (2 editions), Banks of Issue in

Australia, Australian Decimal Banknotes (2 editions) and numerous illustrated banknote albums. He also

wrote and published a large family history book Hoskins of South Australia in 1995 and published a small

book on China in the 1920s, Chinese Embers, by Eva Dower. For his work on Australian notes he was elected

a Fellow of the Numismatic Society of South Australia in 1985, later serving five terms as its president, and is

currently its treasurer and newsletter editor. As president of the Northern Yorke Peninsula Coin Club (later

the Yorke Peninsula Collectables Club) from 1990 to 2009, he designed the last ten of its Cornish Festival

medallions and was awarded Honorary Life Membership in 2009. Two medals were designed for Encounter

2002 (Flinders and Baudin), and an Adelaide Treasury medallion. In 1993 he received the Tasmanian

Numismatic Society A.J. Lockwood Award for his contribution to numismatics, 2009 the Numismatic

Association of Australia's Paul Simon Memorial Award and medal for his outstanding contribution to

organised numismatics and in September 2017 was admitted to the International Bank Note Society (USA)

Hall of Fame, only the third Australian to receive the honour.

In 1988 he auctioned his Australian banknote collection, resigned from the South Australian Police Force after

28 years service and purchased a two-storey ex-bank building in Kadina where he operated Australia’s only

private Banking and Currency Museum from 1988 – 2008, winning 10 regional tourism awards including

Tourism Excellence, and Best Attraction five times. He "retired" on 19.12.2008 aged 65 years, "sold up" and

moved to Willaston (Gawler S.A.) in 2009 to continue with his writing and publications.

Other activities included treasurer of the Kadina National Trust and Farm Shed Museum for 13 years

(receiving a State Honour Award in 2008) and secretary-treasurer of the Yorke Peninsula Tourism

Association. He is a member of the International Banknote Society (Sydney) and Honorary Member of its

Melbourne Chapter. His banknote photography was used in Peter Steele's “Collect Australian Banknotes”, for

1991 and 1992 Telecom Finance calendars, and a set of exclusive phone cards. In 2005, “Australian Banknote

Pedigrees”, and annual updates from 2006-2017., “Money Boxes from Banks, Building Societies, Credit

Unions” and five editions of banknote album interleaves. In 2007 (& 2008) he appeared in “Who’s Who in

South Australia” and published, “Shinplasters" (2), “Promissory Notes”, “Miscellaneous Notes (2)”, Jim

Johnson Mineralogy Letters, and Joseph Phillips, Skinner's Bottom, Cornwall. In 2008, CAB Index, Eight

volumes on South Australian Bank Branches, Superscribed Banknotes; S.A. Promissory Notes, Polymer

Banknote Album (3rd. ed.), Banking and Currency Museum. 2009, Cornish Festival & Encounter 2002

medallions, Mick Vort-Ronald in The Fossicker (Adelaide Gem & Mineral Club), Uncut Vertical Banknote

Pairs Album, Australian Cheques, and Pass Books. 2011, Vort-Ronald Banknote Collections, Australian

Private Banknote Pedigrees. 2012,, Australian Banknote Errors, Australian Colonial Currency & Promissory

Notes (2nd. ed.), Police Gazette Extracts 1888-1892, Angaston's First Cemetery 1847-1869, and Barossa

Valley Crime & Punishment. 2013, Australian Specimen Banknotes, Australian Miscellaneous & Political

Propaganda notes, Swan Reach Police, Mannum Police, Police Station Personnel. 2014, Australian Modern

Numismatic (NPA) Banknotes; Gammon Ranges 1959 (scouting); Cheques of the USA; Cheques of the

World; Hay Internment Camp Notes & War Savings Certificates; Joseph Phillips 2nd ed., Miscellaneous and

Political notes 2nd ed. 2015, Vort-Ronald in CAB, five volumes of Hoskins of S.A., S.A. Promissory notes

Vol. 2, Australian Banknote Pedigrees 2nd. ed. (2 volumes). 2016, Maynard of Noarlunga. 2017 Lyndelle’s

Poems. 2018 Banknote Sales 2017, Australian Private Banknote Sales 1972-2017, Specimens 2nd, Currency

and Promissory Notes 2nd, MVR in CAB magazine 2nd.